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First Hummingbird Banding, York SC




HI . . .

Yesterday  at 11 a.m., I spotted a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird at 
a feeder--my first hummer of the year at Hilton Pond Center for 
Piedmont Natural History near York SC. The feeder, of course, was NOT 
inside a trap, so I didn't capture the bird.

Nonetheless, at 7 p.m., a male RTHU--likely the same bird--did hit 
one of my mist nets, so he became the first banded hummer of the 2001 
research season.

One down, perhaps 199 to go if it's a good year.  :-)

For more info about hummingbirds, see the Web site for "Operation 
RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org .


Happy Hummingbird Watching!

BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., "The Piedmont Naturalist"
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845

Please visit our web sites at http://www.hiltonpond.org and
http://www.rubythroat.org

"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset."					BHjr.